Question

Gavin is training for a marathon and varies his workouts from day to day. Gavin ran 10 MPH during Monday's workout and 50% slower during Tuesday's workout. How fast did he run on Tuesday?
MPH

Answer 1

Gavin ran 5 mph in tuesday

Solution:

Given that,

Gavin ran 10 MPH during Monday's workout

50% slower during Tuesday's workout

Therefore,

Speed in tuesday = 50 % slower than monday

Which means,

Speed in tuesday = 10 - 50 % of 10

Solve the above

$\text{ Speed in tuesday } = 10 - \frac{50}{100} \times 10\\\\\text{ Speed in tuesday } = 10 - 0.5 \times 10\\\\\text{ Speed in tuesday } = 10 - 5\\\\\text{ Speed in tuesday } = 5$

Thus, he ran 5 mph in tuesday